The Mourinho Thread

[Special Juan 27,492]

Sack him.

[ZaynCFC 27]

Chelsea's home support is a laughing stock - rightly so. Next time I could visit a cemetery instead of the Bridge. Sorry, that's the truth

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Sack him.

Funnily if we really do that, give fans a time around 6 months, and they will sing Jose's name again at the Bridge...

or not, maybe we prefer to have another manager like for example, Rafa?

[ZaynCFC 27]

Sack him.

Sack these sleeping pills called Chelsea home fans.

[Special Juan 27,492]

Sack these sleeping pills called Chelsea home fans.

Mate you are a good act but you are on far too long!!

[Liquidator 5,176]

So when we have a manager who leads us to 1st and makes us play great football, we must find other aspects to moan about. Lol absolutely pathetic. Yea he complained about our support. Our home support is by far one of the worst in the league. FACT! Every game we get outsung by the away support.

Is it a fact though? Is it really? Please tell me which teams are louder than away fans at home games with the exception of Crystal Palace and maybe Stoke. I bet you've never been to half the grounds in the league so you probably wouldn't be able to give an accurate judgement.

[ZaynCFC 27]

It is just disappointing how bad the atmosphere at the Bridge is. I have been to many grounds like San Siro, Allianz Arena (known as the graveyard of Germany) and the Stamford Bridge was by far the worst in terms of support.

I actually think the opposite to the people here: Mourinho is complaining about the fans because he wants to stay longer and wants his 'living room' to be like he wishes. Otherwise he would do his job and leave without a word.

[Liquidator 5,176]

Sack these sleeping pills called Chelsea home fans.

sorry. We can't actually sack fans. You see those sleeping pills are by and large people who contributed to campaigns such as Save the Bridge in the 1980s to ensure that we still had a ground to play in and a club to support. Before all the TV money came in these were the people who kept the club in survival. They were what players played for rather than just money.

These days they play a lesser role thanks to our global fanbase. However, they were here before Jose Mourinho and they will be here long after him. They are the heart of the club. You mentioned tourists and yes you are correct that there are a lot of tourists and people who don't give a shit. However, what you got wrong is that you generalised that Chelsea home fans are pure shit. Perhaps you should look at the time and effort some of these home supporters (many of which travel up and down the country and across the continent at huge expense as well) are doing to try and get an atmosphere going. It is harder than you may think to get an atmosphere going when you are surrounded by people who don't care. There are about 4,000 of us who consistently sing and 32,000 who are there just to watch football.

Anyway, next time you are at the Bridge perhaps you will want to visit Brompton Cemetery located behind the East stand. If you do honestly prefer cemeteries you will find that it is one of the finest Victorian cemeteries in London. It is also quieter than Stamford Bridge.

Here is this amazing Inter Milan support you speak of by the way

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Chelsea's home support is a laughing stock - rightly so. Next time I could visit a cemetery instead of the Bridge. Sorry, that's the truth

People who spend their hard earned money to support this club are laughing stocks?That is NOT the truth.

[Roquila 1,335]

Chelsea's home support is a laughing stock - rightly so. Next time I could visit a cemetery instead of the Bridge. Sorry, that's the truth

Wich club do you support because obviously it's not Chelsea. All do you is complain about the fans, Jose and Frank. Fuck off.

[Liquidator 5,176]

why does the club have a say in this?

Members of the club meet regularly with senior members of the Shed Atmosphere group (a group designed to improve atmosphere in the Shed end) and discuss how they can make the ground louder and how is best to communicate with players/ Mourinho etc. Following his empty stadium comments after the QPR game a suggestion was made to write an open letter telling him that some fans are taking action to improve atmosphere but do not agree with the way he commented on the issue. The club discouraged it because they did not feel it would go down with Mourinho if I remember correctly.

The reason the club have a say in this is because they have been very open with the Shed Atmosphere Group and thus would actually ensure the letter gets to Jose. If the open letter were written from an individual who was not a member of the Chelsea supporters trust, Atmosphere Group etc. then it is very unlikely it would actually get to Jose and most likely end up in a rubbish bin unopened somewhere in Cobham.

[Polo7 3,496]

Is it a fact though? Is it really? Please tell me which teams are louder than away fans at home games with the exception of Crystal Palace and maybe Stoke. I bet you've never been to half the grounds in the league so you probably wouldn't be able to give an accurate judgement.

Ive been to Selhurt park and if a stadium with half the capacity of ours is able to generate the noise it does then I can only assume our home support is utter shit.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

I actually think the opposite to the people here: Mourinho is complaining about the fans because he wants to stay longer and wants his 'living room' to be like he wishes. Otherwise he would do his job and leave without a word.

Agree with your part here. In other words I would say he 'cares' about his own team support. He is the only manager in this world, who I think brave enough to try to 'wake up' his club fans about their support.

He is basically like a person told his best friend, 'come on, come on, mate, you have to sing it louder, cheer our team up'. But he did it "Jose's way".

[ZaynCFC 27]

I have been to Stamford Bridge numerous times and every time I tried to sing or make some noise to support the team, the people around me got angry and got even aggressive. Last time, a steward threatened to throw me out if I stand up or start singing. Next to me were people sitting who may accomplish to name at least 3 players of the squad and tell their WWII stories. That's the truth.

[Special Juan 27,492]

I have been to Stamford Bridge numerous times and every time I tried to sing or make some noise to support the team, the people around me got angry and got even aggressive. Last time, a steward threatened to throw me out if I stand up or start sining. Next to me were people sitting who may accomplish toe name at least 3 players of the squad and tell their WWII stories. That's the truth.

I'm sorry but you should of started this off with "Once a upon a time"

For fucks sake man just chill out

[ZaynCFC 27]

Chelsea's fans have become a laughing stock in Germany since the Super cup final in Prague against Bayern when the Bayern fans (who themselves are known as shit in Germany regarding support) outsang the dead and quiet Chelsea fans. What an embarrassment to see fans waving plastic flags and falling asleep so the Chelsea manager has to desperately motivate them somehow.

[Liquidator 5,176]

Ive been to Selhurt park and if a stadium with half the capacity of ours is able to generate the noise it does then I can only assume our home support is utter shit.

ok that's one. What about the other 15 or so that you claim are better than ours?

Anyway, here's a few reasons Selhurst Park is perhaps louder than Stamford Bridge:

1. They are not a 'glamorous' club that tourists will go to in order to see a football match. I think if you'd come from Asia, America etc. to visit London you'd perhaps be more interested in going to watch some of the best players in a world in the most central football ground in London than head down through the slums of South London to a ground built around terraced houses and a Sainsburys. Nothing wrong with that, it is a proper football ground but is it what a tourist would want.

2. Ticket prices. The most expensive ticket price at Selhurst Park for a Category A game is £45. The cheapest for us for a Category A game is £55 unless you are in the family section. For grade B their most expensive ticket is £35 while our cheapest for Category B is £47. Add £5 to both our prices if you don't have a membership. FA Cup their tickets are £12. That is cheaper than what we charge for a child (£15). For the record it costs £30 to see us play the mighty Bradford.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that our away tickets are more expensive as for every team we are a Category A game. We also usually reach the later rounds of the cups unlike them and follow our team across Europe every year at considerable cost. Therefore for many people it isn't financially viable to go regularly. Crystal Palace's away support for games outside London is very average/poor.

3. Chelsea are reducing the number of Season Ticket holders every year by putting fewer back on sale. If 1,000 people don't renew maybe 600 are made available for members to buy. I'm unsure how much they are decreasing but it gets smaller every year. The reason for this is that the club can make more money from people paying £55 x 19 than a single fee of £880. This means more seats are available to tourists, touts etc or people who don't care. Far more people go to games who don't care than who are vocal and this means that they have more demand and so are more likely to get a ticket.

4. Crystal Palace actively encourage their fans to be vocal and help by allowing them to stand up during games. If you stand at Chelsea you get told to leave by a steward. Meanwhile down at Crystal Palace they are allowed to jump around, make large displays in the Holmesdale end and have their cringey but effective 'ultras'. The club enguages with the fans on this. Our club don't really give a shit as long as they get their money and even when we do try something they try and shoot it down claiming it is unsafe or against the law. In fact, CPFC are looking into whether they actually have to by law tell people to sit down at games. Our club wouldn't even consider looking into that.

5. Why does it matter if our home support is crap if our away support is so good? Why don't you praise that? Nearly every away team outsings home fans so it is just the norm anyway at every club.

[Liquidator 5,176]

I have been to Stamford Bridge numerous times and every time I tried to sing or make some noise to support the team, the people around me got angry and got even aggressive. Last time, a steward threatened to throw me out if I stand up or start singing. Next to me were people sitting who may accomplish to name at least 3 players of the squad and tell their WWII stories. That's the truth.

If you were sitting in the East, West or Matthew Harding Upper I'd believe you.

If you were in the Shed or Matthew Harding Lower then I'm calling bollocks on this.